I liked Jagged Edge. Bridges and Close. I thought Bridges was clean, right up until the end. I like being fooled in that way.
For whatever it’s worth, I’ll back you up on The Missouri Breaks. Fascinating film, and beautifully photographed. As a former theatre nerd, I remain enamored by Brando’s loopy turn and actually consider it to be among his best.
Sorcerer has been on my “to see” list for years. I finally requested it through interlibrary loan, so hopefully I’ll get to see it over the holidays.
I want to add Evil Cult and Ozark Savage. Sure they suck but that can be a lot of fun.
“Titanic” and “Evita.”
Xanadu.
I have an excuse – I’m a musician, and a Jeff Lynne fan. I readily admit seeing ONJ dancing in WWII khakis with Gene Kelly is just plain bizarre.
Gummo, Julien Donkey Boy, and Mister Lonely. Essentially Harmony Korine’s entire directorial work; no one I show them to seems to like them, but in their defense I’m not entirely sure why I do. Anyone with me?:(
Guh double post.
Triple post, what the hell!
Rocky IV, anyone? I’d also say Total Recall is a trashy camp masterpiece, though honestly I’ve never met someone who DIDN’T love Total Recall.
As for films that aren’t so-bad-they’re-good, I’ll vote for The Life Aquatic. I would almost say I Heart Huckabees, except that movie eventually got on my nerves.
You would be hard pressed to find a more sad argument than me defending “Fireman’s Ball” to a bunch of card carrying Communist Party university students…
I recently watched Jarmusch’s “Broken Flowers.” I’ve heard that the critics hated it. While it’s definitely not one of his best, I thought it was pretty good. Solid writing, great dialogue, and that classic deadpan wit only Jarmusch is capable of. Wouldn’t say I LOVE it, but I quite liked it more than it seems others do.
Lost Highway, baby!
I get blank stares when I tell people that I thought “American Psycho” was absolutely hilarious. And it’s really difficult finding David Lynch fans outside of cinephile circles.
Some of my friends hate dancer in the dark. I love that sad little film!
Army of Darkness
Random zombie related movies ranging from George A. Romero to Robert Rodriguez.
Well, everybody who’s seen it thinks I’m crazy, but I loved Pasolini’s Salo, I mean, what it depicts is horrible, but the way it does it… it’s just so subtle and beautiful, and it’s a film with such a huge meaning, to me it’s more like an artistic statement about the things that are wrong in our world. It’s a fatal view of the filth in modern society, seen through the eyes of a poet.
Mysterious Object At Noon – Seemed to me that critics were really flustered by what Weerasethakul was doing in this film, and were a bit angry about that. I think it’s a mezmerizing film, and there’s a warmth and intense rootedness under the experimentalism, which is to me very charming.
The King Of Marvin Gardens – Depressing as hell, and the story kinda gets lost, but I love the look of the film, and both Jack Nicholson’s, and Scatman Carothers’ performances are very much worth seeing.
The Last Detail and Shampoo – These aren’t ‘hated’ films, but if there’s a consensus that Harold & Maude and Being There are Hal Ashby at his finest, these two films are (or are very close) to being their equal, and the primary characters in all four films are thematic kin to such a degree that I consider them to be essential Ashby films as well.
Passion Fish – John Sayles seems to fall into the ‘oh yeah…him’ category. I think ‘Passion Fish’ has plunged completely off everyone’s radar, but it has some very sharply drawn characters, and the dialogue is some of Sayles’ best. And he keeps his penchant for digressiveness to an absolute minimum.
Food Of The Gods – Bert Gordon. Greatness. Ida Lupino and Marjoe, in a b-grade nature-on-the-rampage flick with an environmental theme. What’s not to love? You got a turkey attack, a rat seige, and Gordon’s carefully crafted miniatures, which are a marvel. I watched this movie most recently while trying to shake off a nasty head cold, and it was the only thing for 5 days that made me feel good.
Spielberg’s War of the Worlds.
Chicago.
Marie Antoinette.
Mugino, you get blank stares for thinking “American Psycho” was hilarious? Well, it’s pretty comedic—albeit rather dark, but it has very obvious comedic elements. I mean, the amazing business card showdown scene? Oh man. That’s fucking classic. And the way he murders to Huey Lewis?
I think you’re just talking to the wrong people. When I saw it in theaters, everyone was laughing—even at parts that in any other film would be frightening, people were laughing hysterically.
1.Miranda(Tinto Brass)
2.Cannibal Holocaust(Ruggero Deodato)
3.Never Back Down(hahahahahaa)
Garden State
Unbreakable
Synecdoche, NY
I included the last one in case my list wasn’t snobby enough.
I agree with the village. That movie was one of M. Night Shyamalan last decent films. I also loved Punch Drunk Love. Heres a new one no one mentioned Gerry. It drove people crazy but i found it very peaceful and meditative
Punch-Drunk Love
The Man Who Wasn’t There
American Beauty
Clifford
Joe Dirt
Stroszek
There are plenty more than this not coming to mind at the moment…
I don’t particularly like Harold & Maude, which seems to blow people’s mind. I do, however, love The Last Detail.
yea The man who wasn’t there is great. people I know will not watch it because it’s B&W and thats Bull.
I have to say “Little Fugitive”. I’m not sure that everyone hates it, but no one ever talks about it. Woody Allen’s “Hollywood Ending” wasn’t half as bad as critics made it out to be, though it pales in comparison to most of his other films. “Searching for Bobby Fischer” seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, but it’s pretty fantastic.
But above there are some really great mentions: “Rumble Fish” ain’t perfect, but it’s underrated.
i love Can’t Hardly Wait in a very real way
David, people you know hate American Beauty? What’s wrong with them? That film made me love Kevin Spacey.
I know how you feel about The Man Who Wasn’t There. I watched it with friends and although I wouldn’t say I love it, I was the only one who walked away happy.
My experience in films I love but I have gotten more flack for
Titanic
Signs
The Village
War of the Worlds
House of a 1000 Corpses
Waterworld
The Postman
The Black Dahlia
The Kill Bills
Grindhouse
anyone who hates Army of Darkness is no friend of mine. Dude’s got a time-travelling classic car, a shotgun for an arm, and there are swordfights with undead demon trolls. What else could anyone want?
Tom Wilson
It remains a very lonely corner in which to stand, but I have defended – with a straight face, too – two 1970s film from directors who’d done so much better. The phrase, “curious failure” doesn’t begin to describe Penn’s “The Missouri Breaks” and Friedkin’s “Sorcerer,” but I was strangely drawn to both in spite of (or perhaps because of?) the critical onslaught and the tsk-tsking of wiser friends.